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To Gen Whipple From RH Milroy Jan 31 1865

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General
I respectfully (stricken: ask) request
that the Maj. Gnl. comdg the Dept of the
Cumberland will order that officers
conductors & employees of the N. & C. R.R.
will be regained to respect passes & transportation
granted by my order
to officers soldiers, scouts, detectives or
witnesses that I (stricken: may) have to send to different
points along the line of this R.R. almost daily
in connection with its protection & defense. It seems to be
a matter of choice or caprice among these
R.R. men whether they will respect any thing
eminating from these head quarters or not..

Sometimes officers or men having passes &
transportation by my orders are (stricken: politely) told
in choices of Billingsgate
(stricken: to go to Hell) that they (the R.R. men) dont
care a (stricken: god d—n ) for Milroys passes etc. At
other times they permit officers & soldiers to go
over the R.R. on (stricken: my) passes by my order
but refuse transportation by my orders & require them
to pay for the service. If (stricken: I cannot .be) I am
to be snubed by these R.R. men and am

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General
I respectfully (stricken: ask) request
that the Maj. Gnl. comdg the Dept of the
Cumberland will order that officers
conductors & employees of the N. & C. R.R.
will be regained to respect passes & transportation
granted by my order
to officers soldiers, scouts, detectives or
witnesses that I (stricken: may) have to send to different
points along the line of this R.R. almost daily
in connection with its protection & defense. It seems to be
a matter of choice or caprice among these
R.R. men whether they will respect any thing
eminating from these head quarters or not..

Sometimes officers or men having passes &
transportation by my orders are (stricken: politely) told
in choices of Billingsgate
(stricken: to go to Hell) that they (the R.R. men) dont
care a (stricken: god d—n ) for Milroys passes etc. At
other times they permit officers & soldiers to go
over the R.R. on (stricken: my) passes by my order
but refuse transportation by my orders & require them
to pay for the service. If (stricken: I cannot .be) I am
to be snubed by these R.R. men and am

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This item is owned by the Jasper County Public Library. Permission to publish or reproduce this item is required and must be obtained from the Director of the Jasper County Public Library, Rensselaer, Indiana. Please visit www.myjcpl.org for more information.